Printer&#39;s galley.



M. CORRIGAN.

PRINTERS GALLEY.

APPLIGATION lI LliD SEPT. 9, 1909.

Patented June 14, 1910.

ANDREW & GRAHAM c0, FNOTD-LIINOGRAPMER3, WASHINGTON. D- a MICHAELCORRIGAN, 0F NOTRE DAME, INDIANA.

PRINTERS GALLEY.

Application filed September 9, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 516,932.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIoHAEL CoRRIGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Notre Dame, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PrintersGalleys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to printers galleys.

In the manufacture of printers galleys, which are struck up or formedout of a single piece of sheet metal, it is impossible to form thegalleys without slightly rounded corners between the bottom and sides ofthe device. These rounded corners prevent a line of type deposited inthe galley from resting in perfect alinement, the rounded corners,however slight they may be, causing the type at both ends of the line toslightly project above the remainder of the line of type, therebypreventing the taking of a perfect proof from the assembled type.Moreover, such rounded corners cause the ends of the line of type tobind when it is desired to slide the type from the open end of thegalley to a position upon the makeup table.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a printersgalley of the type stated which embodies such characteristics that thetype will rest in the galley in perfect alinement and be easily takenout of the galley through the open end thereof without binding betweenthe type and the galley.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes maybe made in the form, proportion, size and minor details withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a galley constructedin accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of thegalley showing type disposed therein.

In carrying. out the present invention, the body of the galley is struckup from a single sheet of metal including a bottom 1, sides 2 and oneclosed end 3, the opposite end be- 1ng open.

The character 4: indicates a U shaped metal strip which rests upon theupper edges of the sides 2 and the end 3, and which may be clamped underpressure or otherwise secured to the sides and ends of the galley. Thisstrip not only imparts rigidity and consequently increases the strengthof the galley, but the inner fold thereof spaces the end type 5 from thesides 2, so that the lower ends of the type will not contact with therounded portion 6 of the base or bottom 1, as clearly illustrated inFig. 2. Thus the inner fold of the U-shaped strip 4 permits the type torest in perfect alinement and also permits the same to be slid out ofthe open end of the galley without binding and, by virtue of this stripembracing the sides and end of the galley, the latter has a neatappearance and possesses strength and rigidity, rendering the same notliable to bending or indenting incident to handling the device.

What is claimed is A printers galley comprising a body including abottom, sides and a closed end, and a U- haped metallic strip restingupon said sides and end and embracing the sides and closed end, tostrengthen the same and insure alinement of the bank of type depositedin the galley and also to permit the bank of type being freely removedtherefrom the free edge of the inner fold of the U-shaped stripterminating close to the bottom of the galley.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL OORRIGAN.

Witnesses GEORGE OLTSGH, Gr. M. COLE.

Patented June 14, 1910.

